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| Sneaking up on Rapidan pool |
Fritz and I had been looking to get out on the river after life began to settle down and today worked. We decided upon the upper-Rapidan and just after we passed junction pool we found a camper whose car had quit so we drove him and his dog back down to the Blue Ridge Parkway to get a tow, we were 25-minutes late to the river but it looked like a great day ahead. We drove to the gate at the roads end, geared up and and headed to the river. I began with a 2wt rigged with a dark hendrickson and pheasant tail dropper.
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| Get me back in the water! |
Fritz w a trusty Orvis 4wt and a elk hair caddis followed by a 16 bead head prince. As it turns out a well presented paperclip would have have some success today as the river was alive and action was constant between 0915 and 1300. We moved up the stream chatting, spotting and fishing. The fish were exactly where they should be, The water looked high down low in Criglersville but by the time we jeeped to the end of the fire road it was perfect. I didn't take the temp but suspect it was 56.
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| Typical Rapidan colored Brookie |
The fishing markedly slowed down from 1330-1500 as we picked up rock hopping speed in order to make the Brown House by 1500. All and all a great 100 fish day between the two of us the majority of them were in the 4-5 inch range but 6-7 inch fish were not uncommon and a 8-9 incher was the prize for the day. Great fishing and even better to catch up with Fritz.
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| Upstream and up-waterfall |
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